Livin On The Edgev5

A E R O S M I T H

"Livin' on the Edge"

from _Get a Grip_

Dropped-D tuning h = hammer-on p = pull-off

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ b = bend note r = release bend

_INTRO_________________________________________________________________________

e+-----------0h2p0-------0---------|-----------0h2p0-------0---------|

B+-----3-----------3-------3-----3-|-----3-----------3-------3-----3-|

G+---------------------------0h2---|---------------------------0h2---|

d+-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|

A+---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

D+---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

[repeat]

_VERSE 1_______________________________________________________________________

D5 [w/Intro pattern]

there's something wrong with the world today, I don't know what it is

something's wrong with our eyes

D5 [w/Intro pattern]

we're seeing things in a different way, and God knows it ain't His

it sure ain't no surprise (yeah!)

_PSEUDO-CHORUS_________________________________________________________________

Chorus Pattern (use this many times throughout the song):

(or something like that...) :-)

D5 [w/chorus pattern]

we're Livin' On The Edge

Livin' On The Edge

Livin' On The Edge

Livin' On The Edge

_VERSE 2_______________________________________________________________________

[w/Intro pattern]

there's something wrong with the world today, the lightbulb's gettin' dim

there's meltdown in the sky

if you can judge a wise man by the color of his skin

then mister you're a better man than I

[feedback!]

_CHORUS________________________________________________________________________

D5 [w/chorus pattern]

Livin' On The Edge (you can't help yourself from falling)

Livin' On The Edge (you can't help yourself at all)

Livin' On The Edge (you can't stop yourself from falling)

Livin' On The Edge

_BRIDGE________________________________________________________________________

tell me what you think about your situation, complication, aggravation

|-9---9-------9---7-8-9-------9-7-|-9---9-------9---7-8-9-------9\--|

|-9---9-------9---7-8-9-------9-7-|-9---9-------9---7-8-9-------9\--|

it's getting to you

if Chicken Little tells you that the sky is fallin, even if it wasn't

would you still come crawling back again?

I bet you would, my friend

again and again and again and again and again

FILL 1:

|---------------------------------|-----9b10r9---7-9b10r9----7-9-7\-|

|-----------------7b9-----7-------|---7-9b11r9---7-9b11r9----7-9-7\-|

FILL 2:

|---------------------------------|------------------------------7\-|

|---------------------------------|-----9-9-9b10r9b10r9b10r9-----7\-|

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[Guitar Solo]

[Repeat BRIDGE]

_VERSE 3_______________________________________________________________________

there's something right with the world today,

and everybody knows it's wrong

well we could tell 'em no, we could let it go

but I would rather be hangin' on!

[pause]

[Repeat CHORUS]

_OUTRO_________________________________________________________________________

Livin' On The Edge

Livin' On The Edge

Livin' On The Edge

yeah, yeah, yeah...

D5 (hold for four measures)

This pattern is repeated in the background from here on:

Livin' On The Edge (you can't help yourself from falling)

Livin' On The Edge (you can't help yourself at all)

Livin' On The Edge (you can't stop yourself from falling)

Livin' On The Edge

Livin' On The Edge (you can't help yourself) (you can't help yourself)

Livin' On The Edge (you can't help yourself at all)

Livin' On The Edge (you can't help yourself) (you can't help yourself)

Livin' On The Edge (you can't help yourself) (you can't help yourself)

Livin' On The Edge (you can't help yourself from falling)

Livin' On The Edge, yeah, yeah...

|-7b8-(hold)------|-8r7-------------|

|-9b11-(hold)-----|-11r9------------|-7b8-(hold)------|-8r7-------------|

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